Description

Belgian farmers had this great trick for keeping their seasonal workers from noticing how poorly they were being paid – free beer at the end of every day! The farmhouse ale, or saison was cobbled together from whatever was around at the time, but no one cared that much because it was free anyway. The trick was to have enough alcohol so that the workers forgot how miserable they were, but not too much so they could still put in a full days work the following morning. Middle Management 101.